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Yurgovuchia, a new raptor dinosaur

  • 06-08-2019 11:49pm
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    Adam Khor
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    The name means "coyote" after a similar-sized predator that inhabits today the same regions. It was found in Utah and found to be related to Utahraptor, a contemporary. Because of it I immediatly thought, what if it's just a juvenile Utahraptor? But the article mentions that its bones seem like those of a fully grown adult.

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    For some weird reason the paper talks about giant raptors like Utahraptor and Achillobator, but they say that dromaeosaur size ranged from mockingbird to emu. (Aren´t emus very small compared to Utahraptor? :confused:)

    Also, it seems that the caudotheca of dromaeosaurs became reduced when they became larger, to allow greater tail flexibility and better maneuverability while running and turning at high speed.

    http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0036790
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